Google Meet Video Call Link
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3 2025
from 4.00 to 5.00 PM
Time zone: Europe/London
As multilingual learners progress beyond compulsory schooling in Scotland, the role of English language assessment becomes increasingly critical. With diverse pathways spanning Scottish Qualifications (e.g., Higher, Advanced Higher, SCQF), international qualifications (IB), vocational awards and tertiary entry, navigating how best to assess learner language ability and progress is extremely complex. Institutions require clear, equitable assessment strategies, which will allow them to appropriately support the learners in their context.
This session explores how schools, colleges and universities across Scotland can adopt CEFR-aligned tools to support fair, data-driven decisions. Drawing on case studies from Scottish IB schools (evidencing EAL exam access arrangements), further education colleges (diagnosing low-proficiency entrants for FE and vocational routes) and universities (via inclusive access for displaced or refugee learners), we will highlight best practice and emerging challenges.
Participants will leave with insight into how robust assessment supports inclusion, progression and transparency of access across the post-16 Scottish education sector.
About the speakers
Dr Helen Wood – Head of School Partnerships, Password English Language Testing. Helen is ex- SLT member of an international school in Oxford, as well as being Head of EAL for over a decade. Whilet working in schools, she became Deputy Chair for the British Association of Independent Schools with International Students (BAISIS) among other roles and, since joining Password is often invited to speak at events for COBIS, BSA and various other organisations around the UK and beyond.
Shelley Vink – Head of University Partnerships, Password English Language Testing. Shelley is a former EAL and EAP teacher with past experience of working for Oxford Education Group as their Director of Studies for their international summer schools. Before moving to Password, she was Associate Director of International Strategic Development for Global University Systems, an organisation that founded the London School of Business and Finance and now operates 31 institutions worldwide.
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